Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to graith
Participle: graithed
Gerund: graithing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | graith |
| you | graith |
| he;she;it | graiths |
| we | graith |
| you | graith |
| they | graith |
Perfect
| I | have graithed |
| you | have graithed |
| he;she;it | has graithed |
| we | have graithed |
| you | have graithed |
| they | have graithed |
Past
| I | graithed |
| you | graithed |
| he;she;it | graithed |
| we | graithed |
| you | graithed |
| they | graithed |
Pluperfect
| I | had graithed |
| you | had graithed |
| he;she;it | had graithed |
| we | had graithed |
| you | had graithed |
| they | had graithed |
Future
| I | will graith |
| you | will graith |
| he;she;it | will graith |
| we | will graith |
| you | will graith |
| they | will graith |
Future Perfect
| I | will have graithed |
| you | will have graithed |
| he;she;it | will have graithed |
| we | will have graithed |
| you | will have graithed |
| they | will have graithed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | graith |
| you | graith |
| he;she;it | graith |
| we | graith |
| you | graith |
| they | graith |
Perfect
| I | have graithed |
| you | have graithed |
| he;she;it | have graithed |
| we | have graithed |
| you | have graithed |
| they | have graithed |
Imperfect
| I | graithed |
| you | graithed |
| he;she;it | graithed |
| we | graithed |
| you | graithed |
| they | graithed |
Pluperfect
| I | had graithed |
| you | had graithed |
| he;she;it | had graithed |
| we | had graithed |
| you | had graithed |
| they | had graithed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would graith |
| you | would graith |
| he;she;it | would graith |
| we | would graith |
| you | would graith |
| they | would graith |
Perfect
| I | would have graithed |
| you | would have graithed |
| he;she;it | would have graithed |
| we | would have graithed |
| you | would have graithed |
| they | would have graithed |
Imperative
| you | graith |
| we | Let's graith |
| you | graith |
Verbs conjugated like 'graith'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'graith'
greith,
frith,
gait,
graft,
grain,
grant,
graph,
grate,
greit,
grit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English graithen, greithen, graiden, grathen, from Old Norse greiða (“to make ready, prepare, arrange, disentangle”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, dispose, order, provide for, harness”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (garaidjan, “to enjoin”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*garaidijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Gowden graith'd his horse before, and siller shod behind […] [1776, David Herd, Collected Songs (reprinted in 1870 as Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs)]
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And graith my horse! [1802, Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border:]
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At fairs he play'd before the spearmen, All gaily graithed in their gear-men. [1748, “The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, the epitaph of Habbie Simson”, in Poems in the Scottish Dialect by several celebrated Poets, page 9:]
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Where didst thou steal that goodly coat of green, That thou art graithed in? [1820, Wallace; a historical tragedy, in five acts:]
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Many a winsome dwarf was seen, graithed in rich attire; [1903, “The Dwarf King's Court”, in The Masterpieces and the History of Literature:]